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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2071
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, purchase,
shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by a user
of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2019
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of
a firearm or ammunition by a user of medical marijuana,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment
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Protection Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIHAUNA USE FROM
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GROUNDS FOR FIREARM AND AMMUNITION
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PROHIBITIONS.
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(a) EXEMPTION FOR MEDICAL MARIHUANA.—Sec-
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tion 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting before the
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semicolon the following: ‘‘(except that an individual
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shall not be treated as an unlawful user of or ad-
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dicted to any controlled substance based on the indi-
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vidual using marihuana for a medical purpose in ac-
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cordance with State law)’’; and
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(2) in subsection (g)(3), by inserting before the
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semicolon the following: ‘‘(except that an individual
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shall not be treated as an unlawful user of or ad-
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dicted to any controlled substance based on the indi-
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vidual using marihuana for a medical purpose in ac-
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cordance with State law)’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of en-
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actment of this Act.
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